Drying machine



June 26, 1928 C. F. GREGG ET AL DRYING MACHINE Filed July 30, 1926 INVENTOR. 6 gand Emil jmbszg.

A TTORNE Y S I varied by 'ing in its side closed by Patent June 2 6,. 1228. I

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Application filed Jul so, 1920. semi no. 125,858. I

The object of our invention is to produce an efiicient device by means of which garments which have been freshly cleaned may be quickly aerated and dried .without tangling or injury.

The accompanying drawings illustrate our invention.

Fig. 1 is a plan Fig. 2 a vertical section, on a larger scale; big. 3 a fragmentary vertical section on the scale of Fig. 1, in a plane at rightangles to that of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 a section on the scale of Fig. 1 and on line 4.-4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 a fragmentary sectional detail, on a smaller scale, of the connections with the fan eye.

In the drawings 10 indicates a rotary basket having reticulated bottom and top walls, the top wall being conveniently formed in part of a movabe section which may be shifted to give access to the interior of the basket. The side Walls 11, of basket 10 are preferably imperforate.

Basket 10 is carried by a rotary vertical shaft 12 rotated at low speed by gearing 13 from a drive shaft 1 1, and is contained within an outer casing 15 having an open doors 16 above the top of basket 10.

Arranged below casing 15 is a blower fan 17 the discharge pipe of which leads through an opening 18 in the bottom of casing 15. The effective size of opening 18 may be the flap-valve 19.

' Fan 1 which is mounted a damper 22.

Duct 21 leads from a chamber 23 within which heatin coil 24 is mounted. Leading into duct 21 1s a cold air duct 25 and a flap valve 26 is so arran ed in duct 21 as to'conrom duct 25 and cham-- able drawer 31. Secured to the under side of the bottom of basket 10 is a radially arranged swee r 32 which drags on the bottom of chain er 15 and serves to sweep lint, buttons, etc. into drawer 31.

In operation, garments to be aerated are placed in basket 10 andthe basket and fan are then rotated. As successive portions of the basket arrive above opening 18 the blast of air therefrom lifts thmsuperjaeent garments and aerates and dries them without tom, a casi .mounted, a is driven by belt 20 from shaft 14 and its eye is connected to a duct 21 within,

tangling. Assuccessive portions of the bas- I ket pass the air blast the superjacent clothes dro to their original positions.

. e claim as our invention:

1. A garment drier comprising a horizontally rotary basket havin 'a perforated bottom, 9. fan having a discliarge duct leading to a limited area beneath and closely subjacent the bottom of the basket, and eccen trio to the axis thereof, and means by which the basket and fan may be rotated.

2. A garment drier comprising a horizontally rotary basket having a perforated bottom, a casing within which said basket is mounted, a fan havin a discharge duct STATES PATENT OFFICE.

through the bottom of t e casing leading to a limited area beneath and closely subjacent the bottom of the basket, and eccentric to the axis thereof, and means by which the basket and fan may be rotated.

3. A garment drier comprising a horizontally rotary basket havin a perforated bottom, a fan having a discharge duct leading to a limited area closely subjacent the bottom of the basket, a swee baskeband sweeping the ttom of the easing over a slot formed therethrough, and means by which the basket and fan may be A garment drier comprising a horizontallyrotalybasket having a perforated botg within which said basket. is an havm a discharge duct through the bottom of-t e casing leading to -a*lim1ted' area closely subjacent the bottom "ofthe basket, 0. sweeper carried by the basket and sweeping over a slot formed therethrough, and means the bottom of the casing by which the basket and an may be rotated.

5. A garment drier comprisi a horizon-- tally rotary basket having a pa orated bottom, and a discharge nozzle delivering anunder pressure to a limited area beneath (said basket at a pomteccentric tothe axis thereof and upwardly through the bottom of said basket.

r carried by the 6. A garment drier comprising a horizontally rotary basket having 9. tom, an air discharge duct de ivering air 11 rforated bot- 1 wardl through said bottom eccentric. to t o axis t ereof to a limited area in said bottom" i W and means for rotating said basket.

7. A garment drier comprisin a horizon-r I. 1" tom and an air discharge not delivering tally rotary basket having a or orated botair upwardly at an angle t 1 laid Ebottom' a 1ight angle'to the bottom of the basket 10 eo'een heliisthereoftom limited are: end eceentrlc to the axis thereof and-means 'insl'id bbttdmi. by which the'basket may be rotated.

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